MarylandHawk

I will miss John. He was definitely a great Hawk. I wish him well.

Brady Manek!

In the risk of sounding ridiculous, I compared his measurable with…gulp Kevin Durant and Giannis. It is eerily similar.

MoGee is the truth!

The reason I say that is because they are going to want a young point guard back in the deal and I think Kevin PorterJr. Fits the bill. Houston still wants Clint. Bey, KPJ, some of John’s trade exception, and Houston’s 1st will seal the deal. Maybe we throw in a pick swap. I guess they can do that deal separately but why when they can just combine it. I think this two young guys from Houston would go to Minnesota too. They need depth.

The issue is it is not a salary dump for them this year. Minnesota is well below the tax, in fact, they are near the bottom of the league. They can ride this year out if they think they have a chance at competing. Success for Minnesota is a competitive second round appearance. They are in good shape this year. So it is not quite a salary dump now. Next year it will be though. The year after that they will have to add first round picks to get rid of that contract. For us though, all we really care about is the next two years. If we can get KAT and we think that will make us a contender, we have to sacrifice. If we are not good after two years, we will have to blow it up anyway.

Oh well. If the Houston trade finalizes without a KAT deal, it ain’t gonna happen.

I will say I expect two things to happen soon. In vegas when both teams are face to face things will heat up. Also, the JC trade officially takes place after that. I expect there to be an explosion of chatter over the next three days and execution by July 14th, if at all. In my opinion the only hold up is if Minnesota wants to wait until the trade deadline to execute the deal to give the Gobert/Towns one more try. If they are smart they will get off that contract as soon as possible, otherwise they will be stuck with him like they are Gobert. We are slightly ahead of them in terms of competing and KAT fits our team a little better, so it makes sense for us to take some risk now, but we are not stupid either, we will move on and they will miss the best opportunity they have. His contract will no doubt become an anchor for whatever franchise has him.

Yes. Not mutually exclusive though.

I like this. Also when I think of superstar, it means their celebrity has reached beyond the basketball court and they resonate with casual fans, have commercial appeal, can move clothing and other products, has influence, and is can’t miss TV wether you like him or not. Early in Larry Birds career you could consider him a superstar even before he won anything in the nba and half the country hated him because they were Laker fans. Lol. Trae is a super star in my opinion. If he becomes a champion, he will be supernova.

And Schröder

If that were the case the national media would be leaking like a sieve. If this goes down the new front office has tightened up their camp. Those leaks from last year must have been coming from the outgoing front office folks.

And no trade clause.

He solidified himself as one of my favorite Hawks!

OO is the key. He will be unlocked. Him and KAT will be an excellent pairing.

And Schröder

You know who has been awfully quite during all of this? Embiid. He has given Philly everything and now James is about to walk out of the door on him. Philly ready to start a new process?

I wish.

Wow. Really? This would amazing.

I love that so much. Lol

The Hawks can buy 5 more years of my loyalty if they sign Bol Bol. Lol.

Please Hawks sign my boy.

It is a shame that people continue to underestimate this dude. Trae deserves an opportunity to represent his country.

I think his defensive upside is tremendous. He has great feet and a long wing span. Good lateral quickness and he has hops. He projects more as a power forward who will defend stretch 4s, has switching ability and will be a good help defender on the weak side of the defense.